Adjustable reclining-chai r



(o-Modlv.)

L. BERGER.

. ADJUSTABLE EECLINING CHAIR.v

y No. 377,011. Patented Jan; 31, `1888.

- ,UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

clining position.

LEwIs BERGER, oE ,BAS/lorry, -MIoHIGAn ADJUSTABLE REoLiNiNe-CHAIR.

SPIECIl?C'A'L'LJO1\1` forming part of Letters` Patent No. 37 7.011,dated January 31, 1888.

Application filed July 23, i586. SeIialNo. 208,823. (No model.) i

To all whom, it may concern).-

Be it known that I. LEWIS BERGER, a citizen the` legsa at a point ashort distance in'r'ear of ofCanada and a subjeetof the Queen of Greattheir front ends, and to these front endsare Britain, residingl at BayCity, in the county7 of. Bay, Stateof Michigamhave invented certain newand useful Improvements in Adjustable RecliningChairs, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to' theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of chairs which areadjustable to any position andV that are particularly adapted for use asa lawn or hammock chair; .and the invention consists in the combination,arrange ment, and construction of theseveral parts composing the chair,as I hereinafter describe .and claim.

The objects of the invention are to produce a chair that may be easilyadjusted, and that can be set up in almost any position or place, and toproduce acheaper and more durable devicethan those commonly constructed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate `the rdevicesiemploy to attainthese objects.

Figure l isv a side View ot`.my improved chair and shows the device inaposition for sitting upright. 2 is the same ina rel Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sec tion ot' the chair, taken just above the arms. Fig. 4 isa detail view showing the locking-Y brace. Fig. 5 is a'front View ofthechair with the web or cover removed. Fig. 6 is a lon gitudinal Verticalsection ofthe varm-piece detached. Fig. 7 is a section of the arm-pieceat a: w. Fig. 8 is an enlarged end .viewof the lower portion of thefoot-rest detached,`partly sectional. Fig. 9 is afront View of the same,showing a portion of one side detached.

a represents the front legs of a chair, and a the rear legs. These legsare secured and held in aproper position by the cross-pieces b and bandthe braces @and c'. The rear legs, a have a short upper section, d,which is hinged to the principal leg, and has its upper end pivoted tothe side rails d' of the portion forming the chair-back. These siderails are held in a proper position relative to each other by the lowercross-piece, e', bolted to their rear sidesv and at their Iupper ends bythe cross-piece c.

f are seat rails of the seat portion,.placed between the upperends ofthe legs and hinged l at their rear ends to the lower ends of the side`hinged the upper ends of the side railsf. The lower ends of the railsfare held at a proper rails d', and are pivoted to the upper ends of 4 ndistance apart by the bar g, and a foot-rest is arranged, consistingofthe pieces g', pivotedto lthe rails f at or' near their lowerends,land a bar, Il, is secured between theside pieces, g',

Pawlsjh are pivu ponwhich to rest t'hel'oot. oted to the sides of thepieces g', and are arranged in such a manner that their free ends railsd,'and are held in position bythe screwbolts o', passing throughvtheside rails, anda covering of carpet, nett.ing,gcane or other suitablematerial is secured by its ends to the cross-bars e and g, and issecured on its side edges to the pieces i and the seatrails for bars u',which are secured to' the seat-'rails by the screw-bolts w.

These screw-bolts o. and w allow the pieces ixand u' to be moved towardthe y side rails and talre up the slack or stretch of thechair-covering.

Side arms, j, are rigidly supported' above the seat-railsf, and areprovided with a longi-A tudinal groove, j', which is covered by acap-`piece, informing a portion of thearm, landat the ends of the arm-piece jis Jplaced the pnl-z leys Z, and flexible cords or cables Z are passedintothe grooves j and passed over the pulleys, `and have one end of eachsecured tothe side rails* d at apoint where the^side railsmeet the endsofthe arms, and the opposite ends of ,the cords aresecu'red to the siderails g ofA moves the back portion to a reclining orl level i iposition, as shown in'Fi g. 2, the cords lf sliding within the groove jand operating to bring the foot portion to an elevated position, andthemovement may be arrested in any position be tween the positions shown atthe will the operator by a slight change in the position of theoccupant, as by slightly movingorpushing backward, &c., and the chair ischanged from a reclining to an upright position by the occupant risingto a sitting posture. The back and foot portions,being connectedtogether by the cable l', move together with the occupant, so that anydesired position may be simply and easily obtained.

As will be seen by Fig; 2, when the chair is in a reclining `positionthe hiugedsection d of the legs c moves slight-ly backward to allow theseat-rails and back rails to rise up on their hinged ends, and in orderto strengthen the sections dapieee, k', is placed, it' desired, upon theoutside of the pieces cl, the upper end of the piece 7c being held bythe bolt m, which also pivots the pieces d to the side rails of thechair-back, and the lower end, extending considerably belon7 the hingedportion, is provided with an elongated opening, m, and is secu red tothe leg a by a boit, a, passing through the opening m. This opening m isarranged so that when the chair is in the position shown in Fig. 2 theupper portion of the opening will rest upon the pivot n, and the piecela then forms a support which strengthens the pieces d when the piece isconsiderably inclined, as shown, and when most of the weight oftheoccupant is resting over the pieces d or rear legs.

In order to secure the chair in any desired position a brace, q, ispivoted at one end by the bolt m to the back rail, d', and extendingforward and downward. The opposite end is provided with a slot, s, andsecured to the seat-rail f by the bolt r. The upper edge of this slot sis provided with notches which engage with the bolt-1l and secure theback in a desired position. A button, u, is pivoted beneath theseat-rail f just in rear of the brace, and may be turned to apositionfor holding the brace q in a manner to allow the slot s to move upon thebolt r without engag- Y ing the notchest wit-l1 the bolt, and thus theparts of the chair are allowed a free and easy movement, and operate thesame as if the braces q were removed. i

I do not confine my invention entirely to supporting the seat, back, andfront portionsl by the legs, as I have herein described, as thesepartsmay be supported'in other waysas by cords or bars swinging from ashade-tree or from the roof of a veranda, or from supports of otherkinds-as when supported from above the parts work in a similarnianner'and with asimilar result, so long as the supports arepivoted ator near the points shown.

I claim- I 1. The combination, in a reclining-chair, of

portion hinged together at their meeting ends and provided withcross-bars and having a fiexible cover, the front legs pivoted to theseat-rails, and the rear legs provided with a hinged section pivoted tothe side rails of the back portion, and the arms rigidly secured abovethe seat-rails and provided with longitudinal grooves with' cords placedwithin the grooves and with one end secured to the side rails ofthe backportion and their opposite ends secured to the side rails of the footportion, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a reclining-chair, with the back side rails d',the seat-railsf, and side rails f', hinged together at their meetingends and provided with crossbars e and g and having a ilexible cover,the legs a, piv oted to the seat-rails, and the legs ed, provided withthe hinged portion d, pivoted to the back side rails, and the arm j,rigidly secu red above the seat-rails andprovided with thegroovej, ofthe pulleys l, journaled in the ends of thearms j, and the cords Zwithin the groove and passing over the pulleys and 'secured to the siderails, d' and f', substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. In a reclining-chair, the combination ol' the back portion, the seatportion, and foot portion hinged together and operating as described,the front'legs, a, pivoted to the seatrails, andthe rear legs, a',having a hinged portion, cl, pivoted to the side rails d', with asupporting-brace, k', pivoted by the bolt m to the-upper end ofthe pieced, and provided ou its lower end with the opening m', and the bolt01passing through the openingm andinto the leg a, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

`4. Inareclining-chair,thecombination,wilh the back side rails d', theseat-rails j', and side rails f', hinged together and provided withcross-bars, the arms j,4 rigidly secured above the seat-rails andprovided with a longitudinal groove, j', and the cords l within thegroove and secured to the rails d und f, of thebraees q, pivoted at oneend by the bolt m to the back rail d and provided on their opposite endswith the slots` s, having the ratchet t, the bolt o', passing throughthe slot s and into the seatrailf, and a button, u, beneath theseat-railf,

Vilo' TOO and operating substantially as described, and I for thekpurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signaturein presence ol' two witnesses.

LEV IS BERGER. W itnesses:

Jas. E. THoMAs, W. H. POWER.

